CURRICULUM VITAE UPDATED 12/10/2020

Jiafu Mao, Ph.D.

Earth System Modeling Group

Environmental Sciences Division (ESD)

Climate Change Science Institute (CCSI)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)

Mailing address: P.O. Box 2008, MS 6301, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831-6201, USA

Phone: +1 (865) 576-7815

Email: maoj@ornl.gov

https://www.ornl.gov/staff-profile/jiafu-mao

http://ise.utk.edu/people/jiafu-mao/

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=OBPDsi0AAAAJ&hl=en

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2050-7373

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Quantification of hydrology, carbon cycling, and vegetation dynamics in the terrestrial ecosystems using field measurements, satellite products, process-oriented land surface and Earth system models, and various statistic methods including the machine learning techniques; investigating the land surface response to multiple-factor global change and attributing the variations of terrestrial ecosystem dynamics to natural and anthropogenic drivers; and global scale coupling research primarily concentrating on human-land-climate interactions using the integrated Earth system modeling and statistical framework.

EDUCATION

· 2007, Combined M.Sc.-Ph.D., In Atmospheric Sciences, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

· 2001, B.Sc., In Meteorology, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology (Nanjing Institute of Meteorology), Nanjing, China

POSITIONS HELD

· 11/2016 – present, Scientist, ORNL

· 6/2016 – present, An ORNL Joint Faculty Associate Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of University of Tennessee

· 7/2015 – 5/2016, An ORNL Joint Faculty Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering of University of Tennessee

· 11/2011 – 10/2016, Associate Scientist, ORNL

· 08/2009 – 10/2011, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, ORNL

· 01/2008 – 08/2009, Joint Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of New South Wales and CSIRO, Sydney and Melbourne, Australia

· 10/2006 – 01/2008, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

GRANTS

· 2020, ORNL Environmental Sciences Division, “Diagnostics and prediction of global wildfire changes”, (PI)

· 2019, ORNL Environmental Sciences Division, “Quantifying environmental controls on wildfire changes: towards the development of multi-scale wildfire prediction system”, (PI)

· 2019-2022, DOE, “Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area”, (Task Lead, and responsible for the improvement and evaluation of ELM phenology, wildfire disturbance, and Sun-induced Fluorescence)

· 2019-2020, ORNL, “Development of a Land Model Testbed (LMT) for Rapid Assessment and Benchmarking of Multiscale Complex Biogeochemistry in Earth System Models”, (Co-PI, and responsible for the development of site-level benchmarks for the ILAMB using machine learning techniques)

· 2018-2021, DOE, “Reducing Uncertainties in Biogeochemical Interactions through Synthesis and Computation”, (Science Co-lead, and responsible for the factorial ELM simulations for CMIP6 LS3MIP, and detection and attribution (D&A) of regional/global hydrology and phenology changes)

· 2016, Early Career Funding of the ORNL Climate Change Science Institute, “Integrated Urban and Earth System Modelling”, (PI)

· 2016-2018, DOE, “Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area”, (Main Participant, and responsible for the development and application of the D&A methodology to disentangle natural and anthropogenic controls on terrestrial ecosystem dynamics)

· 2015-2019, DOE, “The Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment-Tropics”, (Main Participant, and responsible for better understanding the changes and drivers of tropical vegetation growth with multi-stream observations and model simulations under the RO1)

· 2015-2017, DOE University call, “Evaluation of the Large-Scale and Regional Climatic Response Across North Africa to Natural Variability in Oceanic Modes and Terrestrial Vegetation Among the CMIP5 Models”, (ORNL Lead and Co-PI)

· 2015-2016, NCAR SDWG, “The Effects of Land use/cover Conversion Assumptions on the Global Carbon Cycle and Climate in Historical CESM Simulations”, (Co-PI)

· 2014-2017, DOE, “Quantifying Feedbacks and Uncertainties of Biogeochemical Processes in Earth System Models”, (Task Lead, and responsible for the evaluation of Earth system models and land surface models using remote sensing products, and the D&A study of the large-scale vegetation growth)

· 2012-2015, ORNL, “Stochastic Parameterization of the Influence of Subgrid-scale Land Heterogeneity on Convective Initiation”, (Co-PI, and responsible for the stochastic coupling of Community Land Model (CLM) to the atmosphere component of the Community Atmosphere Model (CAM), and the analysis of different results from the fully stochastic ensemble simulations)

· 2011-2015, DOE, “Terrestrial Ecosystem Science Scientific Focus Area”, (Main Participant, and responsible for the simulation, evaluation and application of CLM at different spatial-temporal scales, the study of the carbon-climate feedbacks using the Community Earth System Model (CESM), and the calibration and improvement of the CLM based on the 13CO2 and shading manipulations in a pine stand (Partitioning in Trees and Soil (PiTS)))

· 2011-2014, DOE, “Climate Science for a Sustainable Energy Future”, (Main Participant, and responsible for the development and evaluation of two-layer soil biogeochemical model in the CLM using the Enriched Background Isotope Study (EBIS) observations)

· 2010-2014, DOE, “Integrated Earth System Model”, (Main Participant, and responsible for the coupling of CESM/CLM, the Global Change Assessment Model (GCAM), and the Global Land-Use Model (GLM))

· 2008-2011, ORNL, “Prognostic land use and land cover change for a coupled climate-biogeochemistry model”, (Main Participant, and responsible for the coupling of CESM/CLM with the Integrated Model to Assess the Global Environment (IMAGE))

· 2007-2008, the China Meteorological Administration, “Improvement of the terrestrial ecosystem processes in the Earth system model”, (Co-PI)

PENDING GRANTS

· 2022-2023, NSF, “Prediction, Prevention, and Preparedness for Powerline-Induced Wildfires (P4Fire), National Science Foundation (NSF), (Co-PI, and responsible for the integration of the powerline-induced wildfire processes into the ELM fire model)

· 2021-2025, NSF, “NRT-HDR: Global-Local Interaction for Food Sustainability (GLIFS) Graduate Training and Interdisciplinary Research Program”, (Co-PI, and responsible for the modeling of human, societal, and natural processes for food supply chains”)

· 2021-2024, NASA, “Improving the Modeling of Grassland Carbon Cycle Dynamics with Extreme Drought: Incorporating Plant Community Responses”, (Co-PI, and responsible for regional NASA GISS BiomeE simulation and benchmarking)

PROFESSIONAL SERVICE

Editorial Roles

· 2019-present, Editorial Board Member: Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

· 2019-present, Editorial Board Member: Remote Sensing

· 2018-present, Editorial Advisory Board Member: Global Change Biology

· 2018-present, Editorial Advisory Board Member: Sci

· 2018, Guest Editor for the special Issue “10th Anniversary of Atmosphere – Climatology and Meteorology”

· 2017-present, Editorial Board Member: npj Climate and Atmospheric Science

· 2017-present, Editorial Board Member: Atmosphere

· 2016-present, Subject editor: Ecosystem Health and Sustainability

Scientific Committee Service

· 2020-present, Member of the Steering Committee for “The Next Big Thing” of Environment Sciences Division at ORNL

· 2020, Planning Committee: “7th NACP Open Science Meeting”, Fairfax, VA

· 2015-present, Member of the Steering Committee for the Land Surface, Snow and Soil moisture Model Intercomparison Program (LS3MIP) for the Sixth Phase of the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project (CMIP6)

Scientific Conference Planning and Organization

· 2021, Co-chairs: “Diagnosis and Attribution Session” and “Next-Gen Data Session” at the “7th NACP Open Science Meeting”

· 2018, Convener: “Tropical forests under a changing environment”, the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

· 2017, Convener: “Tropical forests under a changing environment”, the AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA

· 2016, Theme Chair: “LS3MIP in the CMIP6 Evaluation Priorities”, International workshop on “International Land Model Benchmrkng (ILAMB)”, Washington, DC, USA

· 2015, Theme Chair: “Observations: what trends have we identified in regional and global ET, GPP and GPP/ET?”, International workshop on “Quantifying uncertainties in land surface models”, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China

· 2014, Convener: “Vulnerability of Arctic and Boreal Ecosystem Under a Changing Climate”, the Annual Symposium of the US Regional Association of the International Association for Landscape Ecology (US-IALE), Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Professional Organization Membership

· 2018-present, Vice President: Sino-Ecologists Association Overseas (http://www.sino-eco.org)

· 2011-present, American Geophysical Union; 2015-present, Ecological Society of America; 2015-present, European Geosciences Union; 2016-present, American Meteorological Society; 2017-present, Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS); 2017-present, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Review Service

· 2020, Expert Reviewer for the Second Order Draft (SOD) of the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC

· 2019, Expert Reviewer for the First Order Draft (FOD) of the Working Group I (WGI) contribution to the Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) of the IPCC

· 2018, Review Panel: NOAA CMIP6/model diagnostics funding opportunity under the “Addressing Key Issues in CMIP6-era Earth System Models”

· 2018, Review Panel: AGU Fall Meeting Student Travel Grant

· Reviewer for: Nature Geoscience, Nature Sustainability, PNAS, Global Change Biology, National Science Review, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Journal of Climate, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, the Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences, Environmental Research Letters, Geophysical Research Letters, Geoscientific Model Development, Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing of Environment, the International Journal of Climatology, PLOS ONE, Global and Planetary Change, Journal of Hydrometeorology, Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, Atmosphere and Oceanic Science Letters, Atmosphere, Journal of Cleaner Production, Journal of Scientific Research and Reports, Global Ecology and Biogeography, Climate Dynamics, npj Climate and Atmospheric Science, Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, Atmospheric Environment, Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, Scientific Reports, Ecological Modelling, International Journal of Remote Sensing, Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, Climatic Change, the ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information, Science of the Total Environment, Science Bulletin, ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Environmental Pollution, Earth Interactions, Catena, Forests, Regional Environmental Change, the chapter of a book entitled “Biophysical Applications of Satellite Remote Sensing”, the chapter of a book entitled “Multi-scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes”, and technical review of ORNL seed money and LDRD proposals

QUOTES IN THE NEWS MEDIA

· Highlight by ORNL for the Nature Communications paper at https://www.ornl.gov/news/climate-predicting-fire-risk

· Highlight by ScienceDaily for the PNAS phenology paper at https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200211134538.htm

· Highlight by phys.org for the PNAS phenology paper at https://phys.org/news/2020-02-urban-areas-trees-earlier.html

· Highlight by ORNL for the PNAS phenology paper at https://www.ornl.gov/news/hot-climates-see-more-variability-tree-leafing-temperatures-rise

· Highlight by e3sm.org for the Water Resources Research paper at https://e3sm.org/detection-and-attribution-analysis-of-drivers-affecting-columbia-river-basin-streamflow/

· Highlight by ORNL News if Energy and Environmental Sciences for the editorial board member of Agricultural and Forest Meteorology

· Highlight by ORNL for the editorial board member of npj journal at https://www.ornl.gov/division/esd/news/jiafu-mao-editorial-board-member-nature-partner-journal-climate-and-atmospheric

· Highlight by ORNL for the Scientific Reports paper at https://www.ornl.gov/content/uncertainty-response-terrestrial-carbon-sink-environmental-drivers-undermines-carbon-climate

· Highlight at https://climatechangescience.ornl.gov/content/getting-know-our-early “Getting to know our early career scientists”

· Highlights of “Biospheric feedback effects in a synchronously coupled model of human and Earth systems” at

· https://ccsi.ornl.gov/content/climate-–-bridging

· https://phys.org/news/2017-07-titan-simulations-importance-two-way-coupling.html

· https://www.ornl.gov/content/biospheric-feedback-effects-synchronously-coupled-model-human-and-earth-systems

· Selected highlights at http://www.nature.com/nclimate/journal/vaop/ncurrent/nclimate3056/metrics for the paper: “Human-induced greening of the northern high-latitude land surface”

· Selected highlights at http://sites.bu.edu/cliveg/highlights/articles-with-press-releases/greening-earth-zhu/ for the paper: “Greening of the Earth and its drivers”

· Highlight by agrometeorology.org for global evapotranspiration study: “Climate change is driving water cycle speed-up”

· Highlight by phys.org for the Partitioning in Trees and Soil (PiTS) project: “Carbon tracking and climate models: Researchers study carbon cycling in deciduous trees”

· Highlight by ORNL for the Partitioning in Trees and Soil (PiTS) project: “Refining climate models: Researchers study carbon cycling in deciduous trees”

STUDENTS AND RESEARCHERS SUPERVISED

Yulong Zhang (University of Tennessee at Knoxville); Anping Chen (Colorado State University); Yaoping Wang (University of Tennessee at Knoxville); Di Ma (Chinese Academy of Sciences); Binyan Yan (University Texas at Austin); Yan Yu (GFDL); Goutam Konapalag (ORNL); Whitney Leeann Forbes (University Tennessee at Knoxville); Rongyun Tang (University of Tennessee at Knoxville); Liang Li (U. Tennessee at Knoxville); Rongfan Chai (Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology); Kai Wang (U. Texas at Austin); Wenting Fu (University Texas at Austin); Xuebin Yang (University Texas at Austin); Lingcheng Li (University Texas at Austin); Lin Meng (Iowa State University); Yutao Wang (Fu Dan University); Li Zhang (Chinese Academy of Sciences)

HONORS AND AWARDS

· 2020, Stanley I. Auerbach Award (one of a year presented for research excellence within the Environmental Sciences division), ORNL

· 2020, Supplementary Performance Award, ORNL

· 2019, Supplementary Performance Award, ORNL

· 2016, Supplementary Performance Award, ORNL

· 2015, Significant Event Award (in recognition of significant contribution to the Next Generation Ecosystem Experiment-Tropics), ORNL

· 2014, Significant Event Award (in recognition of significant contribution to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and National Climate Assessment Work), ORNL

· 2016, Visiting Scholar to National Center for Meteorological Research at Meteorology France, Toulouse, France

· 2007, Visiting Scholar (funded by the Natural Environment Research Council, Center for Terrestrial Carbon Dynamics), the University of Sheffield, UK

· 2005, Visiting Scholar (funded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences), the University of Sheffield, UK

· 2006, Outstanding Graduate Student Leader Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences

· 2006, Outstanding Graduate Student Award, Chinese Academy of Sciences

· 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, Outstanding Doctoral Scholarship, Chinese Academy of Sciences

· 2001, Outstanding Graduate, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology

· 1998, 1999 and 2000, Scholarship for Undergraduate, Nanjing Institute of Meteorology

GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL ADVISORS

· Postdoctoral Advisor in US: Peter E. Thornton (ORNL)

· Postdoctoral Advisor in Australia: Andrew J. Pitman (University of New South Wales) and Yingping Wang (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

· Graduate Advisor in China: Bin Wang (Chinese Academy of Sciences) and Yongjiu Dai (Sun Yat-sen University)

TECHINAL SKILLS

· Familiar with the structure and operation of E3SM, ELM, iESM, CSIRO Mk3L, CESM, CLM, NCAR-DGVM, CoLM (Common Land Model), AVIM, LPJ, SDGVM, M-SDGVM, ED, ED-JULES, and iLAMB

· Working knowledge of various operation systems and software packages, including LINUX, Fortran, C Language, NCL, Ferret, MatLab, Origin, Python, and R

· Good experience in big data management, statistics, diagnostics and visualization

PEER-REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS 

First or Corresponding Author Publications

2020

1. Meng ,L., J. Mao*, and coauthors, 2020. Modification and Evaluation of ELM Seasonal Deciduous Phenology against the SPRUCE Observations. Under review, Agricultural and Forest Meteorology.2. Wang, Y., J. Mao*, and coauthors, 2020. Quantification of human contribution to the soil moisture-based droughts. Finished and to be submitted.

3. Chai, R., J. Mao*, and coauthors, 2020. Human-caused long-term changes in global aridity. Finished and to be submitted.

4. Chen, A*., J. Mao*, D. Ricciuto, J. Xiao, C. Frankenberg, X. Li, L. Gu, P. Thornton, A.K. Knapp, (2020) "Moisture availability mediates the relationship between terrestrial gross primary production and solar‐induced fluorescence: Insights from global scale variations," Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15373.

5. Yu, Y., J. Mao*, P.E. Thornton, M. Notaro, S. D. Wullschleger, X. Shi, F.M. Hoffman, Y. Wang, (2020) "Quantifying the drivers and predictability of seasonal changes in African fire. Nature Communications," 11(1), 1-8, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16692-w.

6. Chen, A*., R. Tang, J. Mao*, C. Yue, X. Li, M. Gao, X. Shi, M. Jin, D. Ricciuto, S. Rabin, P. Ciais, S. Piao (2020) "Spatiotemporal dynamics of ecosystem fires and biomass burning-induced carbon emissions in China over the past two decades," Geography and Sustainability, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2020.03.002.

7. Meng, L., J. Mao*, Y. Zhou*, A.D. Richardson, X. Lee, P.E. Thornton, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Li, Y. Dai, X. Shi, G. Jia (2020) "Urban warming advances spring phenology but reduces the response of phenology to temperature in the conterminous United States" Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(8), 4228-4233, https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1911117117.

8. Yan, B*., J. Mao*, R.E. Dickinson, P.E. Thornton, X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, J.M. Warren, F.M. Hoffman (2020) "Modelling tree stem‐water dynamics over an Amazonian rainforest," Ecohydrology, 13(1), e2180, https://doi.org/10.1002/eco.2180.

2019

9. Forbes, W.L., J. Mao*, D. M.Ricciuto, S.C. Kao, X. Shi, A.A. Tavakoly, M. Jin, W. Guo, T. Zhao, Y. Wang, P.E. Thornton, F.M. Hoffman (2019) "Streamflow in the Columbia River Basin: Quantifying changes over the period 1951‐2008 and determining the drivers of those changes," Water Resources Research, 55(8), 6640-6652, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018WR024256.

10. Yan, B., J. Mao*. X. Shi, F. M. Hoffman, M. Notaro, T. Zhou, N. Mcdowell, R.E. Dickinson, , M. Xu, L. Gu, D.M. Ricciuto (2019) "Predictability of tropical vegetation greenness using sea surface temperatures," Environmental Research Communications, 1(3), 031003, https://doi.org/10.1088/2515-7620/ab178a.

2018

11. Forbes, W.L., J. Mao*, M. Jin*, S.C. Kao, W. Fu, X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, P.E.Thornton, A. Ribes, Y. Wang, S. Piao, T. Zhao, C.R. Schwalm, F.M. Hoffmna, J.B. Fisher, A. Ito, B. Poulter, Y. Fang, H. Tian, A.K. Jain, D.J. Hayes (2018) "Contribution of environmental forcings to US runoff changes for the period 1950–2010," Environmental Research Letters, 13(5), 054023.

12. Yang, C.E.*, J. Mao*, F.M Hoffman*, D. M. Ricciuto, J.S. Fu, C.D. Jones, M. Thurner (2018) "Uncertainty quantification of extratropical forest biomass in CMIP5 models over the Northern Hemisphere," Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-14, doi:10.1038/s41598-018-29227-7.

2016

13. Mao, J*., A. Ribes, B. Yan, X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, R. Séférian, P. Ciais, R.B. Myneni, H. Douville, S. Piao, Z. Zhu, R.E. Dickinson, Y. Dai, D.M. Ricciuto, M. Jin, F.M. Hoffman, B. Wang, M. Huang, X. Lian (2016) "Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface," Nature Climate Change, 6(10), 959-963, doi:10.1038/nclimate3056.

14. Mao, J*., D. M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, J. M. Warren, A.W. King, X. Shi, D.M. Inversen, P.E. Thornton (2016) "Evaluating the Community Land Model in a pine stand with 13CO2 labeling and shading manipulations," Biogeosciences, 12, 641-657, https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-13-641-2016.

2015

15. Mao, J*., W. FU, X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, J.B. Fisher, R.E. Dickinson, Y. Wei, W. Shem, S. Piao, K. Wang, C.R. Schwalm, H. Tian, M. Mu, A. Arain, P. Ciais, R. Cook, Y. Dai, D. Hayes, F.M. Hoffman, M. Huang, S. Huang, D.N. Huntzinger, A. Ito, A. Jain, A.W. King, H. Lei, C. Lu, A.M. Michalak, N. Parazoo, C. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, K. Schaefer, E. Jafarov, P.E. Thornton, W. Wang, N. Zeng, Z. Zeng, F. Zhao, Q. Zhu, Z. Zhu (2015) "Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic controls on global terrestrial evapotranspiration trends," Environmental Research Letters 10, 094008.

2013

16. Wang, K., J. Mao*, R.E. Dickinson, X. Shi, W.M. Post, Z. Zhu, R.B. Myneni (2013) "Evaluation of CLM4 solar radiation partitioning scheme using remote sensing and site level FPAR datasets," Remote Sensing, 2013, 5(6), 2857-2882.

17. Mao, J*., X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, F.M. Hoffman, Z. Zhu, R.B. Myneni (2013) "Global latitudinal-asymmetric vegetation growth trends and their driving mechanisms: 1982-2009, " Remote Sensing, 2013, 5(3), 1484-1497.

2012

18. Mao, J*., P.E. Thornton, X. Shi, M. Zhao and W.M. Post, (2012) "Remote sensing evaluation of CLM4 GPP for the period 2000 to 2009," Journal of Climate, 25, 5327-5342.

19. Mao, J*., X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, S. Piao and X. Wang (2012) "Causes of spring vegetation growth trends in the northern mid-high latitudes from 1982 to 2004," Environmental Research Letters, 7 014010, doi:10.1088/1748-9326/7/1/014010.

2011

20. Mao, J., S. Phipps*, A.J. Pitman, Y. Wang, B. Pak (2011) "The CSIRO Mk3L climate system model v1.0 coupled to the CABLE land surface scheme v1.4b: evaluation of the control climatology," Geoscientific Model Development, 4: 1115-1131.

2010

21. Mao, J., A.J. Pitman*, S.J. Phipps, G. Abramowitz, Y. Wang (2010) "Global and regional coupled climate sensitivity to the parameterization of rainfall interception," Climate Dynamics, DOI: 10.1007/s00382-010-0862-7.

22. Mao, J*., X. Shi, L. Ma, D.P. Kaiser, Q. Li, P.E. Thornton (2010) "Assessment of re-analysis daily extreme temperatures with China’s homogenized historical dataset during 1979 to 2001 using Probability Density Functions," Journal of Climate, 23(24): 6605-6623.

23. Mao, J*., L. Dan, B. Wang, Y. Dai, (2010) "Simulation and evaluation of terrestrial ecosystem NPP with M-SDGVM over continental China," Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 27(2): 427-442.

2009

24. Mao, J*., B. Wang, Y. Dai (2009) "Sensitivity of the carbon storage of potential vegetation to historical climate variability and CO2 in continental China," Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 26(1): 87-100.

2008

25. Mao, J*., B. Wang, Y. Dai, M. Pablo (2008) "Simulations of carbon and water fluxes with the M-SDGVM in major European forest biomes," Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, (in Chinese with English Abstract) 32(6): 1379-1391.

2007

26. Mao, J*., B. Wang, Y. Dai, F. I. Woodward, P. J. Hanson, M. R. Lormas (2007) "Improvements of a dynamic global vegetation model and simulations of carbon and water at an upland-oak forest, " Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 24 (2): 311-322.

2006

27. Mao, J*., B. Wang, Y. Dai (2006) "Perspective on terrestrial ecosystem models and their coupling with climate system models," Climatic and Environmental Research, (in Chinese with English Abstract) 11(6): 75-83.

2005

28. Mao, J*., B. Wang, L. Dan, Y, Li (2005) "Coupling of an Atmosphere-Vegetation Interaction Model (AVIM) to a New Generation Grid Point Atmospheric General Circulation Model (GAMIL)," Chinese Journal of Atmospheric Sciences, (in Chinese with English Abstract) 29(6): 897-910.

Co-author publications

2020

1. Zhang, Y., C. Song, T. Hwang, K. Novick, J. Coulston, J. Vose, J. Vose, M. Dannenberg, C. Hakkenberg, J. Mao, C. Woodcock (2020) “Land use/cover change-induced decline in terrestrial gross primary production over the conterminous United States from 2001 to 2016”, Under review, Global Change Biology.

2. Meng, L., Y. Zhou, L. Gu, A.D. Richardson, J. Peñuelas, Y. Fu, Y. Wang, G.R. Asrar, H.J. De Boeck, J. Mao, Y. Zhang, Z. Wang (2020) "An increased stabilizing role of photoperiod in spring phenology of deciduous forests under climate warming," Under review, Global Change Biology.

3. Wang, K., S. Piao, X. Wang, F. Chevallier, A. Chen, J. Mao, C. Huntingford, A. Bastos, P. Ciais, X. Shi, J. Wang, R.F. Keeling (2020) "Unusual characteristics of the carbon cycle during the 2015-2016 El Niño. Under review," Science Advances.

4. Hu, Z., S. Piao, A.K. Knapp, S. Peng, X. Wang, W. Yuan, R. Steve, J. Mao, X. Shi, P. Ciais, D.N. Huntzinger, J. Yang, G. Yu (2020) "Decoupling of greenness and photosynthesis along climate gradient of world biomes," Under review, Nature Ecology&Evolution.

5. Shi, X., D.M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, X. Xu, F. Yuan, R.J. Norby, A.P. Walker, J. Warren, J. Mao, P.J. Hanson, L. Meng, D. Weston, N.A. Griffiths (2020) "Modeling the hydrology and physiology of Sphagnum mosses in a northern temperate bog," Under review, Biogeosciences.

6. Wang, Y., Z. Yu, M. Jin, J. Mao (2020) "Decisions and coordination of retailer-led low-carbon supply chain under altruistic preference," Under Review, European Journal of Operational Research.

7. Jin, M., Z. Lin, J. Song, J. Mao (2020) "Electrical vehicle pricing and market adoption: a study on the California electric vehicle market," Under review, Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice.

8. Yang, J., H. Tian, S. Pan, A.M. Michalak, D.N. Huntzinger, P. Ciais, N. Carvalhais, C.R. Schwalm, Y. Fang, G. Chen, R.B. Cook, S.S. Dangal, B. Fu, A. Jain, C. Lu, J. Mao, Z. Ouyang, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, B. Tao, Y. Wei, B. Zhang, N. Zeng (2020) "Accelerated carbon turnover in the terrestrial biosphere, " Under Review, Science.

9. Sreepathi, S., M, Xu, N. Collier, J. Jumar, J. Mao, F.M. Hoffman (2020) "Land model testbed: accelerating development, benchmarking and analysis of land surface models," doi: 10.17605/OSF.IO/X32A8.

10. Ricciuto, D.M., X. Xu, X. Shi, Y. Wang, X. Song, C.W. Schadt, N.A. Griffiths, J. Mao, J.M. Warren, P.E. Thornton, J. Chanton, J.K. Keller, S. Bridgham, J. Gutknecht, S.D. Sebestyen, A. Finzi, R. Kolka, P.J. Hanson (2020) "An integrative model for soil biogeochemistry and methane processes: I. model structure and sensitivity analysis," Accepted, Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences.

11. Wang, C., Y. Wang, X. Tong, S. Ulgiati, S. Liang, M. Xu, W. Wei, Xiao Li, M. Jin, J. Mao (2020) "Mapping potentials and bridging regional gaps of renewable resources in China," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2020.110337.

12. Hanson, P.J., N.A. Griffiths, C.M. Iversen, R.J. Norby, S.D. Sebestyen, J.R. Phillips, J.P. Chanton, R.K. Kolka, A. Malhotra, K.C. Oleheiser, J.M. Warren, X. Shi, X. Yang, J. Mao, D.M. Ricciuto (2020) "Rapid net carbon loss from a whole-ecosystem warmed peatland," AGU Advances, 1, e2020AV000163. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020AV000163.

13. Li, Lu., W. Shangguan, Y. Deng, J. Mao, J. Pan, N. Wei, H. Yuan, S. Zhang, Y, Zhang, Y. Dai, (2020) "A causal inference model based on Random Forest to identify the effect of soil moisture on precipitation," Journal of Hydrometeorology, 21 (5): 1115–1131, https://doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-19-0209.1.

14. Padron, R., L. Gudmundsson, B. Decharme, A. Ducharne, D.M. Lawrence, J. Mao, D. Peano, J. Colin, G. Krinner, H. Kim, S.I. Seneviratne (2020) "Observed changes in dry season water availability attributed to human-induced climate change," Nature Geoscience, 13, 477-481, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-020-0594-1.

15. Notaro, M., F. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Mao (2020) "Projected changes in the terrestrial and oceanic regulators of climate variability across sub-Saharan Africa," Climate Dynamics, https://doi.org/10.1007/s00382-020-05308-0.

16. Jia, B., X. Luo, X. Cai, A. Jain, D. Huntzinger, Z. Xie, N. Zeng, J. Mao, X. Shi, A. Ito, Y. Wei, H. Tian, B. Poulter, D. Hayes, K. Schaefer (2020) "Impacts of land-use change and elevated CO2 on the inerannual variations and seasonal cycles of gross primary productivity in China," Earth Syst. Dynam, 11, 235-249, https://doi.org/10.5194/esd-11-235-2020.

17. Huntzinger, D.N., K. Schaefer, C. Schwalm, J.B. Fisher, D. Hayes, E. Stofferahn, J. Carey, A.M. Michalak, Y. Wei, A.K. Jain, H. Kolus, J. Mao, B. Poulter, X. Shi, J Tang, H. Tian (2020) "Evaluation of simulated soil carbon dynamics in Arctic-Boreal ecosystems," Environmental Research Letters, 15, 025005, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab6784.

2019

18. Ding, J., T. Wang, S. Piao, P. Smith, Z. Yan, S. Ren, D. Liu, S. Wang, S. Chen, F. Dai, J. He, Y. Li, Y. Liu, J. Mao, H. Tian, X. Shi, Y. Yang, N. Zeng, L. Zhao, (2019) "The paleoclimatic footprint in the soil carbon stock of Tibetan permafrost region," Nature Communications, 10, 4195, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12214-5.

19. He, Y., S. Peng, Y. Liu, X. Li, K. Wang, M. Gao, P. Ciais, M. Altaf Arain, Y. Fang, J.B. Fisher, D. Goll, D. Hayes, D.N. Huntzinger, A. Ito, A.K. Jain, A. Jain, I.A. Janssens, J. Mao, C. Matteo, A.M. Michalak, C. Peng, J. Peñuelas, B. Poulter, D. Qin, D.M. Ricciuto, K. Schaefer, C.R. Schwalm, X. Shi, H. Tian, S. Vicca, Y. Wei, N. Zeng, Q. Zhu (2019) "Global vegetation biomass production efficiency constrained by models and observations," Global Change Biology, https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14816.

20. Meng, L., Y. Zhou, X. Li, G.R. Asrar, J. Mao, A.D. Wanamaker Jr, Y. Wang (2019) "Divergent responses of spring phenology to daytime and nighttime temperatures," Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 281(2020) 107832, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agrformet.2019.107832.

21. El Masri, B., C. Schwalm, D.N. Huntzinger, J. Mao, X. Shi, C. Peng, J.B. Fisher, A.K. Jain, H. Tian, B. Poulter and A.M. Michalak (2019) "Carbon and water use efficiencies: a comparative analysis of ten terrestrial ecosystem models under changing climate," Scientific Reports, 9:14680, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-50808-7.

22. Wang, Y., E. Byers, S. Parkinson, N. Wanders, Y. Wada, J. Mao, J.M. Bielicki (2019) "Vulnerability of existing and planned coal-fired power plants in developing Asia to changes in climate and water resources," Energy & Environmental Science, doi:10.1039/c9ee02058f.

23. Liu, Y., S. Piao, T. Gasser, P. Ciais, H. Yang, H. Wuang, T.F. Keenan, M. Huang, S, Wan, J. Song, K. Wang, I.A. Janssens, J. Peñuelas, C. Huntingford, X. Wang, M. Altaf Arain, Y. Fang, J. Fisher, M. Huang, D.N. Huntzinger, A. Ito, A.K. Jain, J. Mao, A.M Michalak, C. Peng, B. Poulter, C. Schwalm, X. Shi, H. Tian, Y. Wei, N. Zeng, Q. Zhu, T. Wang (2019) "Field-experiment constraints on the enhancement of the terrestrial carbon sink by CO2 fertilization," Nature Geoscience, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-019-0436-1.

24. Albert, L.P., N. Restrepo-Coupe, M.N Smith, J. Wu, C. Chavanna-Bryant, N. Prohaska, T.C Taylor, G. Martins, P. Ciais, J. Mao, M. Altaf Arain, W, Li, X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, T.E. Huxman, S.M. McMahon, S.R. Saleska (2019) "Cryptic phenology in plants: case studies, implications and recommendations," Global Change Biology, Https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.14759.

25. Wang, Z., Y. Kim, H. Seo, M. Um, J. Mao (2019) "Permafrost response to vegetation greenness variation in the Arctic tundra through positive feedback in surface air temperature and snow cover," Environmental Research Letters, 14, 044024, https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/ab0839

26. Kolus, H.R., D.N. Huntzinger, C.R. Schwalm, J.B. Fisher, N. Mckay, Y. Fang, A.M. Michalak, K. Schaefer, Y. Wei, B. Poulter, J. Mao, N.C. Parazoo, X. Shi (2019) "Land carbon models underestimate the severity and duration of drought’s impact on plant productivity," Scientific Reports, 9:2758, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-39373-1.

27. Huang, M., S. Piao, P. Ciais, J. Peñuelas, X. Wang, T.F. Keenan, S. Peng, J.A. Berry, K. Wang, J. Mao, R. Alkama, A. Cescatti, M. Cuntz, H. De Deurwaerder, M. Gao, Y. He, Y. Liu, Y. Luo, R.B. Myneni, S. Niu, X. Shi, W. Yuan, H. Verbeeck, T. Wang, Jin Wu, I.A. Janssens (2019) "Air temperature optima of vegetation productivity across global biomes," Nature Ecology & Evolution, 3(5), 772-779, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-019-0838-x.

28. Cui ,E., K. Huang, M. Altaf Arain, J.B. Fisher, D.N. Huntzinger, A. Ito, Y. Luo, A.K. Jain, J. Mao, A.M. Michalak, S. Niu, N.C. Parazoo, C. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, K.M. Schaefer, C.R. Schwalm, X. Shi, H. Tian, W. Wang, J. Wang, Y. Wei, E. Yan, L. Yan, N. Zeng, Q. Zhu, J. Xia (2019) "Vegetation functional properties dominate uncertainty of modeled ecosystem productivity in the East Asian monsoon region," Global Biogeochemical Cycles, doi: 10.1029/2018GB005909.

2018

29. Huntzinger, D.N., C.R. Schwalm, Y. Wei, R.B. Cook, A.M. Michalak, K. Schaefer, A.R. Jacobson, M.A. Arain, P. Ciais, J.B. Fisher, D.J. Hayes, M. Huang, S. Huang, A. Ito, A.K. Jain, H. Lei, C. Lu, F. Maignan, J. Mao, N.C. Parazoo, C. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, H. Tian, X. Shi, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F. Zhao, Q. Zhu, J. Yang, B. Tao (2018) "NACP MsTMIP: Global 0.5-degree Model Outputs in Standard Format, Version 1.0," ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1225.

30. Zhang, W., P.A. Miller, C. Jansson, P. Samuelsson, J. Mao, B. Smith (2018) "Self-amplifying feedbacks accelerate greening and warming of the Arctic," Geophysical Research Letters, 45(14), 7102-7111, doi: 10.1029/2018GL077830.

31. Wu, D., P. Ciais, N. Viovy, A.K. Knapp, K.R. Wilcox, M. Bahn, M.D. Smith, S. Vicca, S. Fatichi, J. Zscheischler, Y. He, X. Li, A. Ito, A. Arneth, A.B. Harper, A. Ukkola, A. Paschalis, B. Poulter, C. Peng, D. Ricciuto, D. Reinthaler, G. Chen, H. Tian, H. Genet, J. Mao, J. Ingrisch, J.E.S.M. Nabel, J. Pongratz, L.R. Boysen, M. Kautz, M. Schmitt, P. Meir, Q. Zhu, R. Hasibeder, S. Sippel, S.R.S. Dangal, S. Sitch, X. Shi, Y. Wang, Y. Luo, Y. Liu, S. Piao (2018) "Asymmetric responses of primary productivity to altered precipitation simulated by land surface models across three long-term grassland sites," Biogeosciences, 15, 3421-3437.

32. Zeng, Z., S. Piao, L.Z.X Li, T. Wang, P. Ciais, X. Lian, Y. Yang, J. Mao, X. Shi, R. Myneni (2018) "Impact of Earth greening on the terrestrial water cycle," Journal of Climate, 31(7), 2633-2650, https://doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0236.1.

33. Di Vittorio, A.V., J. Mao, X. Shi, L. Chini, G. Hurtt, W. D. Collins (2018) "Quantifying the effects of historical land cover conversion uncertainty on global carbon and climate estimates," Geophysical Research Letters, 45(2), 974-982, doi:10.1002/2017GL075124.

2017

34. Yu, Y., M. Notaro, F. Wang, J. Mao, X. Shi, Y. Wei, (2017) "Validation of a statistical methodology for extracting vegetation feedbacks: focus on North African ecosystems in the Community Earth System Model," Journal of Climate, 31(4), 1565-1586, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0220.1.

35. Yu, Y., M. Notaro, F. Wang, J. Mao, X. Shi, Y. Wei (2017) "Observed vegetation-climate feedbacks in the Sahel: Is the classic albedo feedback mechanism truly dominant?" Nature Communications, 8, 1873, doi:10.1038/s41467-017-02021-1,

36. Zhou, S., B. Yu, C.R. Schwalm, P. Ciais, Y. Zhang, J.B. Fisher, A.M. Michalak, W. Wang, B. Poulter, D.N. Huntzinge, S. Niu, J. Mao, A. Jain, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, A. Ito, Y. Wei, Y. Huang, G. Wang (2017) "Response of water use efficiency to global environmental change based on output from terrestrial biosphere models," Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 31(11), 1639-1655 doi:10.1002/2017GB005733.

37. Wang, F., Y. Yu, M. Notaro, J. Mao, X. Shi, Y. Wei (2017) "Advancing a model-validated statistical method for decomposing the key oceanic drivers of regional climate: Focus on North African climate variability in the Community Earth System Model (CESM)," Journal of Climate, 30(21), 8517-8537, doi:10.1175/JCLI-D-17-0219.1.

38. Huntzinger, D.N., A. M. Michalak, C. Schwalm, P. Ciais, A. W. King, Y. Fang, K. Schaefer, Y. Wei, R. B. Cook, J. B. Fisher, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Ito, A. K. Jain, H. Lei, C. Lu, F. Maignan, J. Mao, N. Parazoo, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi, H. Tian, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F. Zhao (2017) "Uncertainty in the response of terrestrial carbon sink to environmental drivers undermines carbon-climate feedback predictions," Scientific Reports, 7 (4765), https://doi:10.1038/s41598-017-03818-2.

39. Fang, Y., A.M. Michalak, C.R. Schwalm, D.N, Huntzinger, J.A. Berry, P. Ciais, S. Piao, B. Poulter, J.B., Fisher, R.B. Cook, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Ito, A. Jain. H. Lei, C. Lu, J. Mao, N.C. Parazoo, S. Peng, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, B. Tao, H. Tian, W. Wang, Y. Wei, J. Yang (2017) "Global land carbon sink response to temperature and precipitation varies with ENSO phase, " Environmental Research Letters, 12(6), 064007.

40. Thornton, P.E., K. Calvin, A.D. Jones, A.V. Di Vittorio, B. Bond-Lamberty, L. Chini, X. Shi, J. Mao, W.D. Collins, J. Edmonds, A. Thomson, J. Truesdale, A. Crais, M.L. Branstetter, G. Hurtt (2017) "Biospheric feedback effects in a synchronously coupled model of Earth and human systems," Nature Climate Chang, 7(7), 496-500, doi:10.1038/nclimate3310.

41. Zeng, Z., P. Piao, L.Z.X Li, L. Zhou, P. Ciais, T. Wang, Y. Li, X. Lian, E.F. Wood, P. Friedlingstein, J. Mao, L.D. Eses, R.B. Myneni, S. Peng, X. Shi, S.I. Seneviratne, Y. Wang (2017) "Climate mitigation from vegetation biophysical feedbacks during the past three decades," Nature Climate Chang, 7(6), 432-436, doi:10.1038/nclimate3299.

42. Piao, S., Z. Liu, T. Wang, S. Peng, P. Ciais, M. Huang, I.A. Janssens, S. Jeong, X. Lin, J. Mao, J. Miller, A. Mohammat, R.B. Myneni, J. Penuelas, X. Shi, Z. Zeng, P.P. Tans (2017) "Weakening temperature control on the variations of spring carbon uptake across northern lands," Nature Climate Change, 7(5), 359-363, doi:10.1038/nclimate3277.

43. Hoffman, F. M., C. D. Koven, G. Keppel-Aleks, D.M. Lawrence, W.J. Riley, J.T. Randerson, A. Ahlström, G. Abramowitz, D.D. Baldocchi, M. Best, B. Bond-Lamberty, M.G. De Kauwe, A.S. Denning, A. Desai, V. Eyring, J.B. Fisher, R.A. Fisher, P.J. Gleckler, M. Huang, G. Hugelius, A.K. Jain, N.Y. Kiang, H. Kim, R.D. Koster, S.V. Kumar, H. Li, Y. Luo, J. Mao, N.G. McDowell, U. Mishra, P.R. Moorcroft, G.S.H. Pau, D.M. Ricciuto, K. Schaefer, C.R. Schwalm, S.P. Serbin, E. Shevliakova, A.G. Slater, J. Tang, M. Williams, J. Xia, C. Xu, R. Joseph, D. Koch (2017), "International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) 2016 Workshop Report," DOE/SC-0186, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, doi:10.2172/1330803.

44. Li, X., Y. Zhou, G.R. Asrar, J. Mao, X. Li, W, Li (2017) "Response of vegetation phenology to urbanization in the conterminous United States," Global Change Biology, 23(7), 2818–2830, doi:10.1111/gcb.13562.

2016

45. Gu, L., S.G. Pallardy, B. Yang, K.P. Hosman, J. Mao, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi, Ying Sun (2016) "Testing a land model in ecosystem functional space via a comparison of observed and modeled ecosystem flux responses to precipitation regimes and associated stresses in a central USA forest," Journal of Geophysical Research-Biogeosciences,121(7), 1884-1902.

46. Fisher, J.B., M. Sikka, D.N. Huntzinger, C.R. Schwalm, J. Liu, Y. Wei, R.B. Cook, A.M. Michalak, K. Schaefer, A.R. Jacobson, M.A. Arain, P. Ciais, B. El-masri, D.J. Hayes, M. Huang, S. Huang, A. Ito, A.K. Jain, H. Lei, C. Lu, F. Maignan, J. Mao, N.C. Parazoo, C. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, H. Tian, X. Shi, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F, Q. Zhu (2016) "CMS: Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange at 3-hourly Time Steps, 2004-2010," ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA, http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1315.

47. Van den Hurk, B., H. Kim, G. Krinner, S.I. Seneviratne, C. Derksen, T. Oki, H. Douville, J. Colin, A. Ducharne, F. Cheruy, N. Viovy, M. Puma, Y. Wada, W. Li, B. Jia, A. Alessandri, D. Lawrence, G.P. Weedon, R. Ellis, S. Hagemann, J. Mao, M.G. Flanner, M. Zampieri, R. Law, J. Sheffield (2016) "LS3MIP (v1.0) contribution to CMIP6: The Land Surface, Snow and Soil moisture Model Intercomparison Project-Aims, setup and expected outcome," Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 2809-2832, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-2809-2016.

48. Haarsma, R.J., M.J. Roberts, T.L. Vidale , C.A. Senior, A. Bellucci, Q. Bao, P. Chang, S. Corti, N.S. Fuckar, V. Guemas, J. von Hardenberg, W. Hazeleger, C. Kodama, T. Koenigk, L. R. Leung, J. Lu, J. J. Luo, J. Mao, M.S. Mizielinski, R. Mizuta, P. Nobre, M. Satoh, E. Scoccimarro, T. Semmler, J. Small, J.S. von Storch (2016) "High resolution model intercomparison project (HighResMIP)," Geoscientific Model Development, 9, 4185-4208, doi:10.5194/gmd-9-4185-2016.

49. Shao, J., X. Zhou, Y. Luo, G. Zhang, W. Yan, J. Li, B. Li, L. Dan, J.B. Fisher, Z. Gao, Y. He, D. Huntzinger, A.K. Jain, J. Mao, J. Meng, A.M. Michalak, N.C. Parazoo, C. Peng, B. Poulter, C.R. Schwalm, X. Shi, R. Sun, F. Tao, H. Tian, Y. Wei, N. Zeng, Q. Zhu, W. Zhu (2016) "Uncertainty analysis of terrestrial net primary productivity and net biome productivity in China during 1901-2005," Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 121(5), 1372-1393, doi:10.1002/2015JG003062.

50. Thomas, R., I.C. Prentice, H. Graven, P. Ciais, J.B. Fisher, D.J. Hayes, M. Huang, D.N Huntzinger, A. Ito, A. Jain, J. Mao, A.M. Michalak, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, C. Schwalm, H. Tian, N. Zeng (2016) "Increased light-use efficiency in northern terrestrial ecosystems indicated by CO2 and greening observations," Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 11,339-11,349, doi:10.1002/2016GL070710.

51. Metcalfe, D., B., D. Ricciuto, S. Palmroth, C. Campbell, V. Hurry, J. Mao, S.G. Keel, S. Linder, X. Shi, T. Näsholm, K.E.A. Ohlsson, M.Blackburn, P.E. Thornton, R. Oren, (2016) "Informing climate models with rapid chamber measurements of forest carbon uptake," Global Change Biology, 23(5), 2130-2139, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13451.

52. Ito, A., M. Inatomi, D.N. Huntzinger, C. Schwalm, A.M. Michalak, R. Cook, A.W. King, J. Mao, Y. Wei, W.M. Post, W. Wang, M. Altaf Arain, S. Huang, D.J. Hayes, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, M. Huang, H. Lei, H. Tian, C. Lu, J. Yang, B. Tao, A. Jain, B. Poulter, S. Peng, P. Ciais, J.B. Fisher, N. Parazoo, K. Schaefer, C. Peng, N. Zeng, F. Zhao (2016) "Decadal trends in the seasonal-cycle amplitude of terrestrial CO2 exchange: an analysis of Multi-scale Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project ensemble of terrestrial biosphere models," Tellus B: Chemical and Physical Meteorology, 68(1), 28968, http://dx.doi.org/10.3402/tellusb.v68.28968.

53. Zhu, Z., S. Piao, R.B. Myneni, M. Huang, Z. Zeng, J.G. Candell, P. Ciais, S. Sitch, P. Friedlingstein, A. Arneth, C. Cao, Lei Cheng, E. Kato, C. Koven, Y. Li, X. Lian, Y. Liu, J. Mao, Y. Pan, S. Peng, J. Peñuelas, B. Poulter, T.A.M. Pugh, B.D. Stocker, N. Vilvy, X. Wang, Y. Wang. Z. Xiao, H. Yang, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng (2016) "Greening of the Earth and its drivers," Nature Climate Change, 6(8), 791-795, doi:10.1038/nclimate3004.

54. Zhang, L., J. Mao, X. Shi, D. Ricciuto, H. He, P. Thornton, G. Yu, P. Li, M. Liu, X. Ren, S. Han, Y. Li, J. Yan, Y. Hao, H. Wang (2016) "Evaluation of the Community Land Model simulated carbon and water fluxes against observations over ChinaFLUX sites", Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 226, 174-185.

55. Sun, Y., S. Piao, M. Huang, P. Ciais, Z. Zeng, L. Cheng, X. Li, X. Zhang, J.Mao, S.Peng, B. Poulter, X. Shi, X. Wang, Y.-P. Wang, H. Zeng (2016) "Global patterns and climate drivers of water-use efficiency in terrestrial ecosystems deduced from satellite-based datasets and carbon cycle models," Global Ecology and Biogeography, 25(3), 311-323, doi: 10.1111/geb.12411.

56. Huang, M.T., S. Piao, Z. Zeng, S. Peng, C. Philippe, L. Cheng, J. Mao, B. Poulter, X. Shi, Y. Yao, H. Yang, Y. Wang (2016) "Seasonal responses of terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency to climate change" Global Change Biology, 22(6), 2165-2177, doi: 10.1111/gcb.13180.

57. Wang, D., J. Domke, J. Mao, X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto (2016) "A scalable framework for global offline Community Land Model ensemble simulation," International Journal of Computational Science and Engineering, 12(1): 73-85, doi:10.1504/IJCSE.2016.074565.

2015

58. Collins, W.D., A.P. Craig, J.E. Truesdale, A.V. Di Vittorio, A.D. Jones, B. Bond-Lamberty, K.V. Calvin, J.A. Edmonds, S.H. Kim, A.M. Thomson, P. Patel, Y. Zhou, J. Mao, X. Shi, P.E Thornton, L.P. Chini, G.C. Hurtt (2015) "The integrated Earth system model version 1: formulation and functionality," Geoscientific Model Development, 8(7), 2203-2219, doi:10.5194/gmd-8-2203-2015.

59. Shi, X., P.E. Thornton, D.M. Ricciuto, P.J. Hanson, J. Mao, S.D. Sebestyen, N.A. Griffiths, G. Bisht (2015) "Representing northern peatland microtopography and hydrology with the Community Land Model," Biogeosciences Discussions, 12, 6463-6477.

60. Tian, H., C. Lu, J. Yang, K. Banger, D.N. Huntinzger, C.R. Schwalm, A.M. Michalak, R. Cook, P. Ciais, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Ito, A. Jain, H. Lei, J. Mao, S. Pan, W.M. Post, S. Peng, B. Poulter, Wei Ren, D. Ricciuto, K. Schaefer, X. Shi, B. Tao, W. Wang, Y. Wei, Q. Yang, B. Zhang, N. Zeng (2015) "Global patterns and controls of soil organic carbon dynamics as simulated by multiple terrestrial biosphere models: Current status and future directions, " Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 29(6), 775–792, doi:10.1002/2014GB005021.

61. Piao, S., G. Ying, J. Tan, L. Chen, M. Huang, Y. Li, R. Liu, Y. Liu, J. Mao, R.B. Myneni, S. Peng, B. Poulter, X. Shi, Z. Xiao, N. Zeng, Z. Zeng, Y. Wang (2015) "Detection and attribution of vegetation greening trend in China over the last 30 years," Global Change Biology, 21(4), 1601-1609, doi: 10.1111/gcb.12795.

62. Schwalm, C.R., D.N. Huntinzger, J.B. Fisher, A.M. Michalak, K. Bowman, P. Ciais. R. Cook, B. El-Masri, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Ito, A. Jain, A.W. King, H. Lei, J. Liu, C. Lu, J. Mao, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D. Ricciuto, K. Schaefer, X. Shi, B. Tao, H. Tian, W. Wang, Y. Wei, J. Yang, N. Zeng (2015) "Toward “optimal” integration of terrestrial biosphere model ensembles," Geophysical Research Letters, 42(11), 4418–4428, doi: 10.1002/2015GL064002.

63. Tan, J., S. Piao, A. Chen, Z. Zeng, P. Ciais, I.A. Janssens, J. Mao, R. Myneni, S. Peng, J. Peñuelas, X. Shi, S. Vicca (2015) "Seasonally different response of photosynthetic activity to daytime and night-time warming in the Northern Hemisphere," Global Change Biology, 21(1), 377-387, doi:10.1111/gcb.12724.

64. Wang, S., M. Pan, Qi. Mu, X. Shi, J. Mao, C. Brummer, R.S. Jassal, P. Krishnan, J. Li, T. Andrew Black (2015) "Assessing evapotranspiration from eddy covariance measurements, water budgets, remote sensing, and land surface models over Canada," Journal of Hydrometeorology, 16(4), 1540–1560, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JHM-D-14-0189.1.

2014

65. Wei, Y., S. Liu, D. Huntzinger, A.M. Michalak, N. Viovy, W.M. Post, C.R. Schwalm, K. Schaefer, A.R. Jacobson, C. Lu, H. Tian, D.M. Ricciuto, R.B. Cook, J. Mao, X. Shi (2014) "NACP MsTMIP: Global and North American Driver Data for Multi-Model Intercomparison," Data set. Available on-line [http://daac.ornl.gov] from ORNL Distributed Active Archive Center, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/1220.

66. Piao, S., H. Nan, C. Huntingford, P. Ciais, P. Friedlingstein, S. Sitch, S. Peng, A. Ahlstrom, J.G. Canadell, S. Levis, P.E. Levy, L. Liu, M.R. Lomas, J. Mao, R.B. Myneni, P. Peylin, B. Poulter, X. Shi, G. Ying, N. Viovy, T. Wang, X. Wang, S. Zaehle, N. Zeng, Z. Zeng, A. Chen (2014) "Evidence for a weakening relationship between temperature variability and northern vegetation activity,". Nature Communications 5(1), 1-7, doi:10.1038/ncomms6018.

67. Di Vittorio, A.V., L.P. Chini, B. Bond-Lamberty, J. Mao, X. Shi, J. Truesdale, A. Craig, K. Calvin, A. Jones, W.D. Collins, J. Edmonds, G.C. Hurtt, P. Thornton, A. Thomson (2014) "From land use to land cover: Restoring the afforestation signal in a coupled integrated assessment-earth system model and the implications for CMIP5 RCP simulations," Biogeosciences, 11(22), 6435-6450.

68. Zscheischler, J., A. Michalak, C. Schwalm, M.D. Mahecha, D.N. Huntzinger, M. Reichstein, G. Berthier, P. Ciais, R. Cook, B. El-Masri, M. Huang, A. Ito, A. Jain, A. King, H. Lei, C. Lu, J. Mao, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi, B. Tao, H. Tian, N. Viovy, W. Wang, Y. Wei, J. Yang, N. Zeng (2014) "Impact of Large-Scale Climate Extremes on Biospheric Carbon Fluxes: An Intercomparison Based on MsTMIP Data, 2014," Global Biogeochemical Cycles, 28(6), 585-600.

69. Bond-Lamberty, B., K. Calvin, A.D. Jones, J. Mao, P. Patel, X. Shi, A. Thomson, P. Thornton, Y. Zhou (2014) "On linking an Earth system model to the equilibrium carbon representation of an economically optimizing land use model," Geoscientific Model Development, 7(6), 2545–2555.

70. Langan, R., R. Archibald, M. Plumlee, S. Mahajan, D. Ricciuto, C. Yang, R. Mei, J. Mao, X. Shi and J. Fu (2014) "Stochastic Parameterization to Represent Variability and Extremes in Climate Modeling," Procedia Computer Science, 29, 1146-1155, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.procs.2014.05.103.

71. Zeng, Z., T. Wang, F. Zhou, P. Ciais, J. Mao, X. Shi, S. Piao (2014) "A worldwide analysis of spatiotemporal changes in water balance-based evapotranspiration from 1982 to 2009," Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmosphere, 119(3), 1186-1202, doi:10.1002/2013JD020941.

72. Wei, Y., S. Liu, D.N Huntzinger, A.M. Michalak, N. Viovy, W.M. Post, C.R. Schwalm, K. Schaefer, A.R. Jacobson, C. Lu, H. Tian, D.M. Ricciuto, R.B. Cook, J. Mao, X. Shi (2014) "The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project: Part 2: Environmental Driver Data," Geoscientific Model Development, 7, 2875-2893, doi:10.5194/gmd-7-2875-2014.

73. Lei, H., M. Huang, L. Ruby Leung, D. Yang, X. Shi, J. Mao, D.J. Hayes, C.R. Schwalm, Y. Wei, S. Liu. (2014) "Sensitivity of global terrestrial gross primary production to hydrologic states simulated by the Community Land Model using two runoff parameterizations," Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems, 6(3), 658-679, doi:10.1002/2013MS000252.

2013

74. Liu, Z., R. Bambha, H.P. Michelsen, J. Pinto, J. Boylan, M. Huang, H. Lei, C. Zhao, S. Liu, J. Mao, C.R. Schwalm, X. Shi, Y. Wei, H.A. Michelsen (2013) "Toward verifying fossil fuel CO2 emissions with the Community Multi-scale Air Quality (CMAQ) model: motivation, model description and initial simulation," Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, 64(4), 419-435, doi:10.1090/10962247.2013.816642.

75. Huntzinger, D.N., C. Schwalm, A. M. Michalak, K.M. Schaefer, A.W. King, Y. Wei, A. Jacobson, S. Liu, R.B. Cook, W.M. Post, G. Berthier, D. Hayes, M. Huang, A. Ito, H. Lei, C. Lu, J. Mao, C.H. Peng, S. Peng, B. Poulter, D. Riccuito, X. Shi, H. Tian, W. Wang, N. Zeng, F. Zhao, Q. Zhu, (2013) "The North American Carbon Program Multi-Scale Synthesis and Terrestrial Model Intercomparison Project: Part I - Overview and Experimental Design," Geoscientific Model Development, 6, 2121-2133.

76. Shi, X., J. Mao, P.E. Thornton, M. Huang (2013) "Spatiotemporal patterns of evapotranspiration in response to multiple environmental factors simulated by the Community Land Model," Environmental Research Letters, 8(2), 024012.

77. Jones, A.D., W.D. Collins, J. Edmonds, M.S. Torn, A. Janetos, K.C. Calvin, A. Thomson, L.P. Chini, J. Mao, X. Shi, P. Thornton, G.C. Hurtt, M, Wise (2013) "Greenhouse gas policy influences climate via direct effects of land-use change," Journal of Climate, 26(11), 3657-3670, doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JCLI-D-12-00377.1.

2012

78. Piao, S., A. Ito, S. Li, Y. Huang, P. Ciais, X.Wang, S. Peng, R.J. Andres, J. Fang, S. Jeong, J. Mao, A. Mohammat, H. Muraoka, H. Nan, C. Peng, P. Peylin, X. Shi, S. Sitch, S. Tao, H. Tian, M. Xu, G. Yu, N. Zeng, B. Zhu (2012) "The carbon budget of the terrestrial ecosystems in East Asia over the last two decades," Biogeosciences, 9, 3571-3586.

2011

79. Shi, X., J. Mao, Y. Wang, Y. Dai, X. Tang (2011) "Coupling a Terrestrial Biogeochemical model to the Common Land Model," Advances in Atmospheric Sciences 28(5): 1129-1142.

80. Shi, X., J. Mao, P.E. Thornton, F.M. Hoffman, W.M. Post (2011) "The impact of climate, CO2, nitrogen deposition and land use change on contemporary global river flow," Geophysical Research Letters, 38, L08704, doi:10.1029/2011GL046773.

2009

81. Zhang, H., B. Wang, J. Mao (2009) "A Generalized Approach of Three-dimensional Variational Data Assimilation for Land Surface Air Temperature and Its Tests under Simplification Cases" Climatic and Environmental Research, (in Chinese with English Abstract) 14(3): 273-283.

82. Shi, X., X. Shi, J. Mao (2009) "Interdecadal variation of Water Vapor Transport over East Asia and Its Impacts on Rainfall over Eastern China in summer," (in Chinese with English Abstract), Acta Geographica Sinica, 64(7): 861-870.

PRESENTATIONS AND MEETINGS

2020

1. Ricciuto, D., K. Sargsyan, D. Lu, J. Mao, and A. Chen. Quantifying drivers of uncertainty in land model predictions at global scales using machine learning. October 26-29, 2020, DOE ESMD-E3SM PI Meeting.

2. Shi, X., Y. Wang, J. Mao, D.M. Ricciuto, F.M. Hoffman, and P.E. Thornton. Quantifying the long-term changes of land water availability and their driving factors. October 26-29, 2020, DOE ESMD-E3SM PI Meeting.

3. Mao, J., Y. Yu, and coauthors. Quantifying the drivers and predictability of seasonal changes in Africa. October 13-16, 2020, DOE Regional and Global Model Analysis (RGMA) Principal Investigators Virtual Meeting.

4. Meng, L., Y. Zhou, J. Mao, X. Li, and Z. Wang. When do trees leaf out in a warmer city. August 3-6, 2020, ESA virtual annual meeting, USA.

5. Ricciuto, D., X. Shi, J. Mao, X. Xu, D. Lu, A. King, Y. Luo, X. Yang, and P.J. Hanson. Protocol and plans for a SPRUCE model intercomparison. May 12-13, 2020, 2020 Virtual SPRUCE All-Hands Meeting.

6. Ricciuto, D., X. Shi, J. Mao, X. Xu, D. Lu, A. King, Y. Luo, X. Yang, and P.J. Hanson. SPRUCE MODEX philosophy and overview of current modeling efforts. May 12-13, 2020, 2020 Virtual SPRUCE All-Hands Meeting.

7. Mao, J., L. Meng, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, P.J. Hanson, and A.D. Richardson. Modification and evaluation of ELM seasonal deciduous phenology against the SPRUCE observations. May 12-13, 2020, 2020 Virtual SPRUCE All-Hands Meeting.

8. Shi, X., D.M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, X. Xu, F. Yuan, R.J. Norby, A.P. Walker, J. Warren, J. Mao, P.J. Hanson, L. Meng, D. Weston, and N.A. Griffiths. Modeling the hydrology and physiology of Sphagnum moss in a northern temperate bog. May 12-13, 2020, 2020 Virtual SPRUCE All-Hands Meeting.

9. Hanson, P.J., N.A. Griffiths, C.M. Iversen, R.J. Norby, S.D. Sebestyen, J.R. Phillips, J.P. Chanton, P.K. Kolka, A. Malhotra, K.C. Oleheiser, J.M. Warren, X. Shi, X. Yang, J. Mao, and D.M. Ricciuto. SPRUCE carbon cycle 2016 through 2018: Rapid net carbon loss from a whole-ecosystem warmed peatland. May 12-13, 2020, 2020 Virtual SPRUCE All-Hands Meeting.

10. Hoffman F.M., N. Collier, C.D. Koven, D.M. Lawrence, G. Keppel-Aleks, J.T. Randerson, M. Mu, W. J. Riley, Q. Zhu, J. Mao, H. Kim, J.K. Moore, and W. Fu. Have land surface carbon cycle models improved over time? CESM land and biogeochemistry working group meeting. March 3-5, 2020, Boulder, Colorado.

11. Padron, R., L. Gudmundsson, A. Ducharne, D.M. Lawrence, J. Mao, D. Peano, J. Colin, G. Krinner, H. Kim, and S.I. Seneviratne. Dry season water availability changes attributed to human-induced climate change. May 3-8, 2020, EGU Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

12. Xu, M., F.M. Hoffman, N. O. Collier, S. Mahajan, J. Mao, and P. A. Levine. Jan. 12-16, 2020, the 100th AMS Annual Meeting, Boston, Massachusettts, USA.

2019

13. Mao, J., W. Forbes, D.M. Ricciuto, S. Kao, X. Shi, A. A. Tavakoly, M. Jin, W. Guo, T. Zhao, Y. Wang, P.E. Thornton, and F.M. Hoffman. Streamflow in the Columbia River Basin: Quantifying changes over the period 1951-2008 and determining the drivers of those changes. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

14. Zeng, Z., S. Piao, L. Li, P. Ciais, L. Peng, X. Lian, T. Wang, J. Mao, Y. Yang, X. Shi, and R. Myneni. Earth greening and terrestrial water cycle change. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

15. Sebestyen, S., N. Griffiths, P. Hanson, J. Warren, X. Shi, D. Ricciuto, J. Mao, C. Iversen, L. Gu, and R. Kolka. Water Science Objectives and Water Budget Quantification in the SPRUCE Experiment. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

16. Mu, M., J. Randerson, H. Forrest, D. Lawrence, W. Riley, G. Keppel-Aleks, A. Swann, C. Koven, N. Collier, and J. Mao. Attribution of Diurnal Temperature Range Trends to Radiative and Physiological Effects of Rising Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

17. Notaro, M., F. Wang, Y. Yu and J. Mao. Projected Changes in the Terrestrial and Oceanic Regulators of Climate Variability Across Sub-Saharan Africa. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

18. Wang, Y., M. Jin, A. Muhammad, J. Mao, Y. Zhu, L. Tang, L. Liu, B. Liu, and X. Zhang. A Scalable Modeling Framework for the Sustainability of the Global Crop Supply Chain focusing on U.S.-China Interactions. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

19. Chen, A., X. Lian, J. Mao and A. Knapp. The seasonal dynamics of gross primary production and solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence in U.S. semi-arid grasslands. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

20. Meng, L., Y. Zhou, J. Mao, X. Li and Z. Wang. Photoperiod effects on spring leaf out of deciduous forests. Dec. 9-13, 2019, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA, USA.

21. Mao, J., D.M. Ricciuto and L. Meng. Quantifying the GPP uncertainties in the E3SM Land Model (ELM) using FLUXNET data. Oct. 15-17, 2019, Analyzing observations and models of carbon, energy, and water fluxes: working group and incubator, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA.

22. Meng, L., Y. Zhou, J. Mao and Z. Wang. How do trees know when to leaf out in a warmer and brighter city? Sep. 23-25, 2019, NASA terrestrial ecology science team meeting, College Park, MD, USA.

23. Calvin, K., and coauthors including J. Mao. Land use in E3SM. Sep. 16-20, 2019, AGCI-LUMIP workshop about the impacts of land use and land management on Earth system evolution, biogeochemical cycles, extremes and inter-sectoral dynamics, Snowmass, CO, USA.

24. Mao, J., X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, F.M. Hoffman, P. Thornton, and M, Xu. Simulations and evaluations of version 1.0 of E3SM Land Model (ELM) for the LS3MIP. Aug. 26-29, 2019, AGU Chapman Conference on Understanding Carbon Climate Feedbacks, San Diego, CA, USA.

25. Town Hall on the Artificial Intelligence. Aug. 20-21, 2019, ORNL, TN, USA.

26. Mao, J., and co-authors. Phenological improvement and evaluation of ELM using the SPRUCE observations. August 12-16, 2019, ESA annual meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

27. Meng, L., Y. Zhou, J. Mao, X. Li and G. Asrar. Characterizing spatiotemporal changes of spring green-up under climate change and urbanization. August 12-16, 2019, ESA annual meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

28. Cui, E., and coauthors including J. Mao. Vegetation functional properties determine uncertainty of simulated eosystem productivity in the East Asian monsoon region. August 12-16, 2019, ESA annual meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

29. Chen, A., X. Li, J. Mao and A.K. Knapp. Changes in satellite-derived grassland growth trend in Northern America coupled with climate variations from 1982 to 2016. August 12-16, 2019, ESA annual meeting, Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

30. Wang, Y., J. Mao, M. Jin, and Forrest Hoffman. Developing a gridded upscaled soil moisture dataset using sparse in situ observations. June 23-28, 2019, Catchment science: interactions of hydrology, biology and geochemistry Gordon Research Conference, Andover, NH, USA.

31. Mao, J., and co-authors. Detection and attribution of regional terrestrial hydrology changes using factorial ELM simulations. June 3-5, 2019, ORNL TES SFA Review Meeting, Duluth, MN, USA.

32. Shi, X., and coauthors including J. Mao. Representing northern peatland vegetation and biogeochemistry with ELM. June 3-5, 2019, ORNL TES SFA Review Meeting, Duluth, MN, USA.

33. Ricciuto, D.M., J. Mao and others. Improving ELM carbon cycle predictions with observations and experiments from point to regional scales. June 3-5, 2019, ORNL TES SFA Review Meeting, Duluth, MN, USA.

34. Workshop on urban scale processes and their representation in high spatial resolution Earth system models. May 22-24, 2019, Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA.

35. Mao, J., and co-authors. Phenological improvement and evaluation of ELM using the SPRUCE observations. May 2019, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

36. Ricciuto, D.M, X. Shi, Dan Lu, J. Mao, and P.J. Hanson. Implications of SPRUCE results for the long-term carbon balance of boreal peatlands: a modeling study using ELM-SPRUCE. May 2019, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

37. Hoffman F.M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Benchmarking CMIP terrestrial carbon cycle and biogeochemistry models with the ILAMB package. March 2019, CMIP6 Model Analysis Workshop, Barcelona, Spain.

38. Mao, J., X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, F.M. Hoffman, Peter Thornton, and M, Xu. Simulations and evaluations of version 1.0 of E3SM Land Model (ELM) for the LS3MIP. March 2019, CMIP6 Model Analysis Workshop, Barcelona, Spain.

2018

39. Mao, J., L. Meng, D.M. Ricciuto, X. Shi, J.M. Warren, P.J. Hanson, P.E. Thornton, Y. Zhou, and A.D. Richardson. Phenological improvement of ELM and its feedbacks to terrestrial hydrological cycle. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

40. Xu, M., F.M. Hoffman, S. Mahajan, J. Mao, and P. Levine. Oceanic drivers for tropical terrestrial carbon cycle and extreme. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

41. Shi, X., K. Calvin, B. Bond-Lamberty, A. Jones, A.D. Vittorio, J. Mao, and P. Thornton. Investigating the CO2 effects and human intervention on water cycle. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

42. Kim, Y., Z. Wang, H. Seo, and J. Mao. Surface temperature variation induced by the LAI change in Arctic Tundra. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

43. Zhang, L., P. Li, J. Mao, X. Shi, X. Ren, and H. He. Contribution of tropical forests to the changes of global land carbon sink. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

44. Notaro, M., F. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Mao, X. Shi, and Y. Wei. Elucidating observed land surface feedbacks across sub-Saharan Africa. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

45. Yuan, F., A. Breen, V. Salmon, C. Iverseen, J. Kumar, S. Kao, B. Sulman, J. Mao, P. Thornton, and S. Wullschleger. Assessments of multiple plant function types in E3SM land model across six ecotypes in Kougarok intensive study sites, Seward Peninsula, Alaska. December 2018, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, US.

46. Mao, J., and coauthors. Predictability of tropical vegetation greenness using sea surface temperatures. December 2018, NGEE-Tropics Annual Meeting, Washington DC, US.

47. Notaro, M., F. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Mao, X. Shi, and Y. Wei. Evaluation of the representation of terrestrial feedbacks across sub-Saharan Africa in the CMIP5 Earth system models. November 2018, Earth and environmental systems modeling (EESM) PI meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

48. Notaro, M., F. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Mao, X. Shi, and Y. Wei. Elucidating observed land surface feedbacks across sub-saharan Africa. November 2018, Earth and environmental systems modeling (EESM) PI meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

49. Mao, J.,L. Meng, X. Shi, D.M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, Y. Zhou, P.J. Hanson, and A.D. Richardson. Phenological evaluation and improvement of ELM using SPRUCE observations. September 2018, SPRUCE China Science Exchange Workshop, Grand Rapids, MN, USA.

50. Meng, L., J. Mao, Y. Zhou, X. Li, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi and F. Yuan. Dual influences of urbanization on spring phenology: a declining advance effect. August 2018, Terrestrial Systems Modeling Group meeting at ORNL.

51. Mao, J., and coauthors. Predictability of tropical vegetation greenness using sea surface temperatures, August 5-10, 2018, ESA annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.

52. Huntzinger, D., and coauthors including J. Mao. Uncertainty in response of net land sink to rising atmospheric CO2 undermines climate projections, August 5-10, 2018, ESA annual meeting, New Orleans, LA, USA.

53. Meng, L., J. Mao, Y. Zhou, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi and F. Yuan. How do trees know when to leaf out in urban areas? August 2018, the 2018 Summer Student/Postgraduate/Faculty Poster Session at ORNL.

54. Mao, J.,and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. June 2018, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China (Invited).

55. Mao, J.,and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. June 2018, Nanjing University, China (Invited).

56. Shi. X., K. Calvin, B. Bond-Lamberty, A. Jones, A.D. Vittorio, J. Mao, and P. Thornton. Investigating the CO2 effects and human intervention on water cycle. June 2018, Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology, China (Invited).

57. Shi. X., K. Calvin, B. Bond-Lamberty, A. Jones, A.D. Vittorio, J. Mao, and P. Thornton. Investigating the CO2 effects and human intervention on water cycle. June 2018, Nanjing University, China (Invited).

58. Mao, J.,and coauthors. Contribution of environmental forcings to US runoff changes for the period 1950-2010. June 2018, the 15th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, US.

59. Shi, X., K. Calvin, B. Bond-Lamberty, A. Jones, A.D. Vittorio, J. Mao, and P. Thornton. Investigating the CO2 effects and human intervention on water cycle. June 2018, the 15th Annual Meeting of Asia Oceania Geosciences Society, Honolulu, Hawaii, US.

60. Mao, J., and coauthors. Contribution of environmental forcings to US runoff changes for the period 1950-2010. May 2018, the Robert Dickinson Symposium on Earth System Modeling: Past, Present and Future, Austin, TX, US (Invited).

61. Mao, J., and coauthors. Contribution of environmental forcings to US runoff changes for the period 1950-2010. May 2018, the 8th GEWEX Open Science Conference: Extremes and Water on The Edge, Canmore, Alberta, Canada.

62. Shi, X., D.M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, P.J. Hanson, X. Xu, F. Yuan, J. Mao, J. Warren, R.J. Norby, Steve Sebestyen, Natalie, A. Griffiths, David J. Weston, and A.P. Walker. Representing northern peatland hydrology and biogeochemistry with the ELM land surface model. May 2018, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

63. Ricciuto, D.M., Dan Lu, J. Mao, X. Shi, Anthony King, and P.J. Hanson. Sensitivity of simulated peatland carbon and energy flux warming responses to biogeochemistry process uncertainty. May 2018, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

64. Mao, J., and coauthors. Prediction of tropical vegetation growth using sea surface temperatures. May 2018, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

65. Forbes, W., J. Mao and coauthors. Contribution of climatic and non-climatic forcings to US runoff changes for the period 1950-2010. January 2018, GEM-ASEE Doctoral Engineering Research Showcase, Washington DC, US.

2017

66. Mao, J., and coauthors. Detection and attribution of the terrestrial runoff in the conterminous United States. January 2018, the 98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting, Austin, TX, US.

67. Cui, E., and coauthors including J. Mao. Uncertainty Source of Modeled Ecosystem Productivity in East Asian Monsoon Region: A Traceability Analysis. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

68. Wu, D., and coauthors including J. Mao. Asymmetric Responses of Primary Productivity to Altered Precipitation Simulated by Land Surface Models across Three Long-term Grassland Sites. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

69. Thornton, P.E., and coauthors including J. Mao. Biospheric feedback effects in a synchronously coupled model of human and Earth systems. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

70. Piao, S., and coauthors including J. Mao. Weakening temperature control on the interannual variations of spring carbon uptake across northern lands. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

71. King, A.W., and coauthors including J. Mao. Implications of Uncertainty in Fossil Fuel Emissions for Terrestrial Ecosystem Modeling. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

72. Kao, S., and coauthors including J. Mao. Can Earth System Model Provide Reasonable Natural Runoff Estimates to Support Water Management Studies? December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

73. Notaro, M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Do state-of-the-art CMIP5 ESMs accurately represent observed vegetation-rainfall feedbacks? Focus on the Sahel. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

74. Shi, X., and coauthors including J. Mao. Representing Northern Peatland Hydrology and Biogeochemistry with ALM Land Surface Model. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

75. Mao, J., and coauthors. Spatially and seasonally asymmetric responses of Amazon forests to El Niño. December 2017, AGU Fall Meeting, New Orleans, LA, US.

76. Mao, J., and coauthors. Improving the representation of Human-Earth system interactions. December 2017, US-China Joint Symposium on the Nexus of Food, Energy, and Water Systems, Nashville, TN, US.

77. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. November 2017, Seminar of EAS Fall 2017, Geogia Institute of Technology, GA, US (Invited).

78. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. October 2017, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, US (Invited).

79. Mao, J., Detection and attribution (D&A) application to biogeochemistry. September 2017, RUBISCO Scientific Focus Area Triennial Review, Gaithersburg, Maryland, US.

80. Mao, J., Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. September 2017, RUBISCO Scientific Focus Area Triennial Review, Gaithersburg, Maryland, US.

81. Koven, C., and J. Mao. Research and analysis for CMIP6. September 2017, RUBISCO Scientific Focus Area Triennial Review, Gaithersburg, Maryland, US.

82. Mao, J., Terrestrial hydrologic simulation and Detection-Attribution. September 2017, Workshop between U.S. army engineer research and development center and ORNL, Oak Ridge, US (Invited).

83. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. September 2017, the 5th iLEAPS Science Conference, Oxford, UK (Invited).

84. Zhu, Z., and coauthors including J. Mao. Greening of the Earth and its drivers. August 2017, 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference 2017, Interlaken, Switzerland.

85. Huang, M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Seasonal responses of terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency to climate change. August 2017, 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference 2017, Interlaken, Switzerland.

86. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. August 2017, Seminar of Geological & Atmospheric Sciences, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa (Invited).

87. Meng, L., J. Mao, Y. Zhou, D. Ricciuto, X. Shi and F. Yuan. Changes of urban phenology and their drivers. August 2017, the 2017 Summer Student/Postgraduate/Faculty Poster Session at ORNL.

88. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. June 2017, Seminar of Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China (Invited).

89. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. June 2017, Seminar of College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China (Invited).

90. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. June 2017, Seminar of Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai, China (Invited).

91. King, A.W., J. Mao, D. Ricciuto and Robert J. Andres. Implications of uncertainty in fossil fuel emissions for terrestrial ecosystem modeling. April 2017, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

92. Shi, X., D.M. Riccituo, P.E. Thornton, P.J. Hanson, X. Xu, J. Mao, J. Warren, S. Sebestyen, N.A. Griffiths, R.J. Norby, A.P. Walker, and D. J., Weston. Representing northern peatland hydrology and biogeochemistry with ALM. April 2017, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

93. Ricciuto, D., X. Shi, P.J. Hanson, J. Mao, and the SPRUCE model intercomparison team. Methods and intial results for a model intercomparison study in a northern peatland. April 2017, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

94. Yan, B., J. Mao, F.M. Hoffman, M Xu, and X. Shi. To what extent can variability of tropical vegetation growth be predicted using sea surface temperatures? April 2017, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

95. Mao, J., W. Fu, W. Forbes, X. Shi, D. Ricciuto, M. Jin, and S. Kao. Detection and attribution of the terrestrial runoff in the conterminous United States. April 2017, DOE Environmental System Science (ESS) PI Meeting, Potomac, MD.

96. Zhu, Z., and coauthors including J. Mao. Greening of the Earth and its drivers. August 2017, 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland.

97. Huang, M,, and coauthors including J. Mao. . Seasonal responses of terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency to climate change. August 2017, 10th International Carbon Dioxide Conference, Interlaken, Switzerland.

98. Mao, J., and coauthors. Driving mechanisms and feedbacks of the land greening. February 2017, Fourth Santa Fe Conference on Global and Regional Climate Change, Santa Fe, NM (Invited).

99. Yang, C., J. Mao, F.M. Hoffman, D.M. Ricciuto, Joshua S. Fu, Chris D. Jones, and N. Carvalhais. Evaluation of extratropical forest biomass in Earth system models over the Norther Hemisphere. February 2017, Fourth Santa Fe Conference on Global and Regional Climate Change, Santa Fe, NM.

2016

100. Yan, B., and coauthors including J. Mao. Seasonally asymmetric responses of Amazon forests to El Niño. December 2016, NGEE-Tropics ENSO research meeting, San Francisco, CA.

101. Wang, F., and coauthors including J. Mao. Advancing a model-validated statistical method for decomposing the key oceanic drivers of observed regional climate variability and evaluating model performance: focus on North African rainfall in CESM. December 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

102. Yu, Y., and coauthors including J. Mao. Vegetation-rainfall feedbacks across the Sahel: a combined observational and modeling study. December 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

103. Huang, M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Seasonal responses of terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency to climate change. December 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

104. Yang, C., J. Mao, F.M. Hoffman, D.M. Ricciuto and Joshua S Fu. Uncertainty quantification of extratropical forest biomass in CMIP5 models over the Northern Hemisphere. December 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

105. Di Vittorio, A., J. Mao and X. Shi. Evaluating the need for integrated land use and land cover analysis for robust assessment of carbon-related climate adaptation and mitigation strategies. December 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

106. Mao, J., and coauthors. Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface. December 2016, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

107. Mao, J., and coauthors. Disentangling natural and anthropogenic controls on terrestrial evapotranspiration and vegetation growth trends. November 2016, Seminar of National Center for Meteorological Research at Meteorology France, Toulouse, France (Invited).

108. Mao, J., and coauthors. Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface. November 29-December 1, 2016. DOE Regional & Global Climate Modeling (RGCM) Program, Rockville, MD, USA.

109. Mao, J., and coauthors. Disentangling natural and anthropogenic controls on vegetation growth trends. November 2-4, 2016. Model hierarchies workshop, Princeton University, New Jersey, USA.

110. Mao, J., and coauthors. Disentangling natural and anthropogenic controls on vegetation growth trends. October 30, 2016. BGC-Feedback project meeting. ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

111. Yan, B., J. Mao, X. Shi, R.E. Dickinson, X. Zhang, J. Wu and D.M. Ricciuto, 2016. Seasonally asymmetric responses of Amazon forests to El Nino. September 21-22, 2016, The NGEE-Tropics annual meeting, Smithsonian S. Dillon Ripley Center, Washington DC, USA.

112. Khaleel, K., M. Allen, K. Evans, J. Fellows, S. Fowler, P. Gilna, A. Guss, G. Jacobs, U. Kalluri, J. Mao, A. Palumbo, E. Pierce, S. Wullschleger, T. Zacharia, October 4, 2016, ORNL briefing on FY16 S&T goals and objectives for DOE Biological and Environmental Research, Washington DC, USA.

113. Kalser, D., and coauthors including J. Mao, The national extreme events data and research center (NEED), September 14, 2016, ORNL d annual meeting, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

114. Yang, C., J. Mao, F.M. Hoffman, D.M. Ricciuto, and Joshua S. Fu, Evaluation of forest biomass in CMIP5 models over northern high latitudes, August 16, 2016, Earth system modeling workshop, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

115. Mao, J., D.M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, J.M. Warren, Anthony W. King, X. Shi, Colleen M. Inversen and R.J. Norby, Evaluating the Community Land Model in a pine stand with 13CO2 and shading manipulations, August 7-12, 2016, ESA annual meeting, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA.

116. Mao, J., and coauthors. Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface. June 22, 2016. Terrestrial ecosystem modeling group meeting, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

117. Mao, J., and coauthors. Improving the representation of the human component in ACME. May 2, 2016. The “3 by 5” talk in CCSI, ORNL, Oak Ridge, TN, USA.

118. Randerson, J.T., and coauthors including J. Mao. The International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Package. May 16-18, 2016. The 2016 International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Workshop, Washington DC, USA.

119. Ricciuto, D.M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Uncertainty quantification in the ACME land model. May 16-18, 2016. The 2016 International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Workshop, Washington, DC, USA.

120. Mao, J., W. Forbes, D.M. Ricciuto, M. Jin, X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, and F.M. Hoffman. A framework of detecting and attributing terrestrial ecosystem dynamics. May 16-18, 2016. The 2016 International Land Model Benchmarking (ILAMB) Workshop, Washington DC, USA (Invited).

121. Mcdowell, N., and coauthors including J. Mao. NGEE-Tropics El Nino and drought impacts research. April 26-27, 2016. The 2016 Environmental System Science (ESS) PI meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

122. Mao, J., W. Forbes, D.M. Ricciuto, M. Jin, X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, and F.M. Hoffman. A framework of detecting and attributing terrestrial ecosystem dynamics. April 26-27, 2016. The 2016 Environmental System Science (ESS) PI meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

123. Shi, X., and coauthors including J. Mao. Representing northern peatland hydrology and biogeochemistry with the Community Land Model. April 26-27, 2016. The 2016 Environmental System Science (ESS) PI meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

124. Mao, J., and coauthors. Human-induced greening of the northern extratropical land surface. April 4-7, 2016, the 2016 Annual Symposium of the US International Association of Landscape Ecology (US-IALE) meeting, Asheville, NC, USA (Invited).

125. Mao, J., Whitney Forbes, D.M. Ricciuto, M. Jin, X. Shi, P.E. Thornton, and F.M. Hoffman. A framework of detecting and attributing terrestrial ecosystem dynamics. Mar 30, 2016, CCSI SAB meeting, Oak Ridge, TN.

126. Shi, X., and coauthors including J. Mao. Improving representation of human-Earth system interactions. Mar 30, 2016, CCSI SAB meeting, Oak Ridge, TN.

127. Hoffman, F.M., J. Mao, X. Yang, N. Collier, X. Shi, G. Wang, M. Xu and C. Yang. Biogeochemistry-Climate Feedbacks Scientific Focus Area. Mar 30, 2016, CCSI SAB meeting, Oak Ridge, TN.

128. Mao, J., and coauthors. Disentangling natural and anthropogenic controls on terrestrial evapotranspiration and vegetation growth trends, Mar 28, 2016. Seminar at the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, US (Invited).

129. Rebecca, T., and coauthors including J. Mao. CO2 and greening observations indicate increasing light use efficiency in northern terrestrial ecosystems. April 2016, EGU Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

130. Di Vittorio, A., J. Mao and X. Shi. Evaluating the need for integrated land use and land cover analysis for robust assessment of climate adaptation and strategies. April 2016, EGU Meeting, Vienna, Austria.

131. Hoffman, F.M., J. Mao, X. Yang, N. Collier, X. Shi, G. Wang, M. Xu, and C. Yang. Biogeochemistry-Climate Feedbacks. February, 2016, CCS Directorate Advisory Committee Meting.

132. Wang, F., M. Notaro, Y. Yu, J. Mao, X. Shi and Y. Wei. Evaluating CMIP5 Models’ representation of oceanic drivers of north African precipitation. January 2016, AMS 96th Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

2015

133. Yang, C., J. Mao, F. Hoffman, D.M. Ricciuto and J. Fu. Evaluation of Vegetation Biomass in CMIP5 Models over the Northern High-Latitudes. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

134. Huntzinger, D., and coauthors including J. Mao. Nitrogen Dynamics are a Key Factor in Explaining Global Land Carbon Sink. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

135. Yu, Y., M. Notaro, F. Wang, J. Mao, X. Shi and Y. Wei. Observed Oceanic and Terrestrial Drivers of North African Climate. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

136. Shi, X., D. Ricciuto, X. Xu, Peter Thornton, Paul Hanson, J. Mao, Steven Sebestyen and Natalie Griffiths. Representing Northern Peatland Hydrology and Biogeochemistry within the Community Land Model. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

137. Mei, R., D. Ricciuto, J. Mao, Forrest Hoffman and Jitendra Kumar. Sensitivity of land surface modeling to parameters: An uncertainty quantification method applied to the Community Land Model. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

138. Di Vittorio, A., J. Mao and X. Shi. The Influence of Historical Land Use and Land Cover Change Assumptions, CO2 Fertilization, and Nitrogen Deposition on Global Carbon Balance in an Earth System Model. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

139. Notaro, M., F. Wang, Y. Yu, J. Mao, X. Shi and Y. Wei. Evaluating CMIP5 Models' Representation of Oceanic Drivers of North African Climate. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

140. Mao, J., and coauthors, Disentangling climatic and anthropogenic controls on global terrestrial evapotranspiration trends. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

141. Mu, M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Design and application of a community land benchmarking system for earth system models. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

142. Huang, M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Change in terrestrial ecosystem water-use efficiency over the last three decdes. December 2015, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, CA.

143. Shi, X., J. Mao, Z. Zeng, P. Thornton, F.M. Hoffman and D.M. Ricciuto. Biophysical feedgacks of vegetation to the global climate change for the past three decades. Nov., 2015, ACME meeting, Albuquerque, New Mexico.

144. Mao, J., and coauthors. Evaluation of the forest biomass in CMIP5 models over the northern high-latitudes, Oct. 20-23, 2015, EMBRACE-CMIP Analysis and Modelling Workshop, Dubrovnik, Croatia.

145. Mao, J. Human-induced greening of the northern high-latitude land surface, Sep 18, 2015, the Nelson Institute Center for Climatic Research (CCR) Climate, People, and the Environment Program (CPEP) seminar, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, US (Invited).

146. Mao, J., D.M. Ricciuto and X. Shi, Sensitivity of land-atmosphere fluxes to biogeophysical and biogeochemical parameters in the Community Land Model, Aug 9-14, 2015, ESA Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

147. Mao, J., D.M. Ricciuto, P.E. Thornton, J.M. Warren, A.W. King, X. Shi, C. M. Inversen and R.J. Norby, Evaluating the Community Land Model in a pine stand with 13CO2 and shading manipulations, June 23-24, 2015, ORNL TES-SFA Triennial Review, Gaithersburg, MD.

148. Yang, C., J. Mao, F.M. Hoffman, D.M. Ricciuto and J.S. Fu, Evaluation of the vegetation biomass in the CMIP5 models over the northern high-latitudes. June 9, 2015, CCSI Earth system modeling workshop, Oak Ridge, TN.

149. Di Vittorio, A. and J. Mao. Evaluating the effects of different historical land use/cover trajectories on terrestrial carbon. June 2015, the 20th Annual CESM Workshop, Breckenridge, CO.

150. J. Mao. Impacts of natural and human forcings on the global land evapotranspiration and vegetation growth, May 26, 2015, International workshop on “Quantifying uncertainties in land surface models”, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China (Invited).

151. Ricciuto, D.M., and J. Mao. Sensitivity of the Community Land Model to biogeochemical and biogeophysical parameters, May 26, 2015, International workshop on “Quantifying uncertainties in land surface models”, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, China.

152. Gu, L., and coauthors including J. Mao. Climate variability as a key factor for model improvement: insights from observed and modeled ecosystem functional responses to precipitation regimes and associated stresses in a central US forest. April 28-29, 2015, Environmental System Science Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

153. Ricciuto, D.M., and coauthors including J. Mao. Sensitivity of Community Land Model carbon fluxes and biomass to parameters. April 28-29, 2015, Environmental System Science Principal Investigator (PI) Meeting, Potomac, MD, USA.

154. Shi, X., P.E. Thornton, D.M. Ricciuto, P.